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09.12.2020 / 13:38
Egyptian Auteur Yousry Nasrallah on New Project ‘The Legend of Zeineb and Noah’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentYousry Nasrallah (pictured) is among Egypt’s most highly regarded filmmakers, known for depicting his country’s social and political complexities in multi-layered movies such as “Gate of the Sun” (2004), “Aquarium” (2008) and “After the Battle” (2012), a meditation on the Tahrir Square revolution.Zeineb, who despite her young age is already engaged to an older man, escapes from her village in Upper Egypt with Noah, her 16-year-old Christian neighbor,